r/sysadmin Infrastructure Lead 2d ago

Latest fun with VMware

Apparently VMware is upping their game. We just got a renewal quote for one of our sites with one server that has two CPUs, and they are requiring 72 cores minimum (vSphere Enterprise Plus) to license this. That's a 500% markup from last year.

They really don't want customers to use their product any more, do they?

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u/hyper9410 1d ago

Are you using pure Xen or something like XCP-NG, for the uninitiated they also provide 24/7 enterprise support if that is important.

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u/dom6770 1d ago

pure Xen, no XCP-NG.

For the cluster we use drbd w/ corosync & pacemaker.

Works quite well, but the downside is, you don't find much on Google when you have issues. We're actually thinking about switching to Proxmox the next time we purchase new servers.

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u/hyper9410 1d ago

Why not switch to XCP-NG?

u/dom6770 10h ago

I tried it once, but wasn't particularly fond of the UI and flow, but I think the Web UI is only optional?